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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gary Burton Quartet ‎– Picture This (ECM 1982) Side 1. Normally give this a pass because it's mostly vibes. Dunno why but now it sounds great. Must be those springs. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@B. In the recording. I’d know that voice anywhere! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sara Grey With Ed Trickett - S/T (Folk-Legacy 1970)OK. You sit over in that channel, Sara, and I'll sit over in this one. We'll add in some post-echo too. Lovely. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@bkeske Must dig that out. It's been too long. Funny that you were there. I thought I heard you hollering.  
Midrange Noise
Seconded. That's pretty impressive @jwaudio . 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Pam Garner ‎– Pam Garner Sings Quietly (Coral 1958)At the other end of the spectrum, this one's a lot quieter. Definitely a bunch of rows back. Gave it a bump. Better but noise floor is lifted too. Great voice. Shame it's not more in yo face! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gale Garnett ‎– Lovin’ Place (RCA Victor 1965)Man, that’s a hot recording. Probably one of the loudest records per volume level setting I have. Solid performance. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@reubent Yeah, it's a blast.  
Lite Audio GA-31a phono preamp, is it a clone?
It's an unusual circuit in that the tubes are used in what looks like a cascode configuration with transistors doing the amplification. Are the tubes there to add gain or flavor only? There's also a 47uF electrolytic cap on the single-ended input ... 
Audio Research VT80SE amp vs Prima Luna EVO 400 or 300
Audio Research. Use the MFA tubes to tailor the sound. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Gare Du Nord ‎- Rendezvous 8:02 (Columbia 2018) 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Peter Ludwig, Peter Wopke, Arben Spahiu ‎- Café Banlieue (Farao Studios 2006) 
Tube life
If nothing else, put a smoke detector close by. 
Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage
You say the Herron was "measurably" superior to the Chinook. I'm almost certain this is a figure of speech.  
Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage
+1 @corucia Great answer.